Resources

Download our campaign resources below, or request hard copies here. If you're an NAS branch, you can request more copies of campaign materials and additional resources from the branches' log-in area.

• Campaign report (PDF)  
  This report presents the key findings of our research into why so many children with autism have mental health problems and how CAMHS services can work better for children with autism.
• Campaign poster UK (PDF)  
  - Campaign poster Scotland (PDF)
  - Campaign poster Wales (English) (PDF)
  - Campaign poster Wales (Welsh) (PDF)
  - Campaign poster Northern Ireland (PDF)
• Young Campaigners' Charter
  Read how our Young Campaigners' Group thinks mental health services need to improve and what you can do to help.
• Contacting mental health services about the campaign
  An information sheet to help you when talking to mental health services about the campaign.
• Contacting local commissioners about the campaign
  An information sheet to help you when talking to people who work in primary care trusts (PCTs) and local authorities who commission mental health services.
• FAQs for campaigners
  These FAQs will help you to answer questions about the campaign from local and national decision-makers and professionals.
• Parents and carers' guide (PDF)  
  This guide provides a brief overview of the sorts of mental health problems children with autism may experience; information and advice on preventing and reducing mental health problems and promoting emotional wellbeing; and information on the different types of help and support available.
• Q&A for parents and carers (PDF)  
  This guide answers some of the key questions that parents and carers of children and young people with autism may have about Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK.
• Q&A for children and young people (PDF)  
  This guide answers some of the key questions that children and young people with autism may have about Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in the UK.
• Recommended reading (PDF)
  This list provides details of useful articles and books about issues related to child mental health.
• Mental health and autism  
  A guide for child and adolescent mental health practitioners. Available to buy from our online shop.

Press enquiries

Please direct all press enquiries to press@nas.org.uk

Children and families affected by the issue have been involved in shaping and informing our campaign from the very beginning. The subject matter is an extremely sensitive one and the children involved are mostly very vulnerable. For this reason, we felt that it would be irresponsible and inappropriate for these children to become the ‘faces’ of this campaign and we have used photographs of models in our campaign communications instead.